Preloaded
So named because it suggests “prepared and ready to go”, interactive agency Preloaded has worked with some of the biggest names out there.
Features
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Sin City: from comic to blockbuster
Sin City is a revelation, and is as inspirational as The Matrix. Digit spoke to CaféFX about its unique visual style and the challenge of greenscreen.
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Apple makes the Final Cut
Apple is set to launch Final Cut Pro Studio this month. Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice-president of applications marketing, says it will make 2005 the year of HD.
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Hitchhiker's Guide
VFX company Cinesite employed 120 artists for a year to make 500 effects for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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Be a design leader
Being a design leader is more than simply being inspirational in the studio – it’s about pushing boundaries in design.
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Stars of the small screen
Video on the move could be the next big craze, and the devices that play it are sure to be the next must-have luxury toy. Digit checked out what’s already out there.
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Supervolcano
When Yellowstone blows, it will be the end of the Western Hemisphere as we know it. VFX company Lola made it happen.
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NVidia moves beyond graphics
Digit caught up with the President and CEO of NVidia and discussed how he plans to take on the likes of Intel.
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The Viral Factory
You should be working but instead you’re downloading and emailing your mates the latest video viral going round. The Viral Factory did this.
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Footballers' Wives
TMR Digital had to distill the rich and grasping lifestyle of Footballers’ Wives into a few detailed scenes for the show’s DVD titles.
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Free your media
You can’t watch a film properly on a PC, so we checked out the devices that can set your digital media collection free, and stream it all over your house.
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Budget Blockbuster
Take £50,000, a good idea, network a renderfarm, call in your mates and work non-stop for three months. The result? Hollywood on a shoestring.
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Brand New Identity
Rebranding presents a great opportunity to boost a company’s fortunes. Digit checked out the best way to do up a brand.
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The brand played on
The Discreet name is no more, while Avid has made a play for Pinnacle. Rebranding is coming to a desktop near you.
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Give your storage a boost
Storing your video files and images – not to mention your iTunes library – demands masses of hard drive space. Here’s how to beef up your storage space.
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The Last Dragon
Here be dragons ... Framestore CFC found experience with dinosaurs helped when it came to creating fire-breathing reptiles.
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Def Wars
Format war has been raging across Earth for years. While peace reigns in places, interplanetary council members Sony and the EBU are still fighting. What can be done to bring peace to the world of HDTV?
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All Singin VW
Recreating the famous Singin’ in the Rain sequence to advertise the VW Golf GTI was the challenge for Stink. It came up smelling of roses.
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Tribal DBB
Tribal DDB London is ten this year. That’s quite an age for a new-media ad agency. We asked them to tell us all their secrets and they said yes.
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Animatics
Animatics gets George Lucas all hot and sweaty. We lift the lid on what he knows and what you’ve been missing.